Chinese lantern festival lights up Barcelona

AFP Published December 20, 2014
A visitor takes pictures of silk figures during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A visitor takes pictures of silk figures during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A visitor checks a house shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A visitor checks a house shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
Snowmen shaped silk figures are seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
Snowmen shaped silk figures are seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A visitor walks by a giant vegetable shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A visitor walks by a giant vegetable shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP
A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP

The Chinese Lantern Festival is a spectacular exhibition of 500 gigantic silk figures that are lit up inside, representing traditional symbols and motifs from the millennial Chinese culture.

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